Furiosa’s Belt – I made a thing and you can have it.

For those of you that haven’t seen Mad Max: Fury Road yet, I am saddened by your impoverished existence. It is likely the finest 90 minutes of vehicle-base combat you will ever see. There is about half an our of other kinds of combat, establishing shots, and something resembling dialogue, as well. All of it is quite good.

A standout feature of the film is the skillful treatment of women in its story. That is to say, they are treated, almost entirely, as people and are part of the story. They also get to do stuff other than suffer and be beautiful. It’s revolutionary

In celebration of the second most badass lady in the film, Imperator Furiosa, I made her belt.

Granted, her belt is a symbol of all that is horrible and wrong with the world, but it’s also iconic and straight up badass.

I made a whole belt, and it turned out really well. I’ll include a little gallery of the process below. A nice side benefit is that I now have a mold for the buckle, a mold that I have used to craft a cold-cast aluminum (shiny resin) version which is available now on ebay.

Ryan

Ryan Consell is a skeptical artist, tap-dancing armorer, juggling scientist, rock-climbing writer, sword-fighting math teacher, uni-cycling gamer, fire-spinning academic and devout nerd. He has a Masters in Applied science, most of a bachelors in Fine Arts, and a very short attention span. He is the author of How Not to Poach a Unicorn and half of the masochistic comedy duo that is Creative Dissonance. Follow him on Twitter @StudentofWhim